CALIRAYA, Jan 29 : Japanese Emperor Akihito offered flowers on Friday at a shrine built in the Philippines for Japanese soldiers killed during Japan's brutal
World War II occupation of the Southeast Asian nation. The 82-year-old monarch and his wife, Empress Michiko, bowed twice while laying white bouquets at a table in front of the grey marble shrine, located in the lake town of Caliraya about three hours' drive from Manila. ?AFP